It wouldn't be seamless, but the 2nd through 5th "Trek" movies all follow each other and are connected in a fairly close manner - ie, each sequel picks up with allusions to the events of the prior film.

That wasn't the case for 2 after "TMP", and it wasn't the case with 6 after 5...

Not me! I know it's deeply flawed but I admire its ambition - it's a thought-provoking film and I much prefer it to the sappy comedy and schmaltz of "Voyage Home"!

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I don't totally dislike 5 either, the basic idea is good, I just think it could have been better written. The climax came too quickly and was too short. The special effects were terrible, especially during the "great barrier/God" segment.
I agree, I think 4 is overrated. It's just a bit too cute for its own good and I don't like the way the events from 3 were quickly recapped at the beginning. Everyone had been on Vulcan for several months and Saavik only then had the opportunity to tell Kirk that David died bravely? I didn't like the effects in that one either, especially the design of the alien probe.

I don't totally dislike 5 either, the basic idea is good, I just think it could have been better written. The climax came too quickly and was too short. The special effects were terrible, especially during the "great barrier/God" segment.
I agree, I think 4 is overrated. It's just a bit too cute for its own good and I don't like the way the events from 3 were quickly recapped at the beginning. Everyone had been on Vulcan for several months and Saavik only then had the opportunity to tell Kirk that David died bravely? I didn't like the effects in that one either, especially the design of the alien probe.

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Five had potential but was stupid, in a slapstick way, with Scotty running, banging his head, etc.

It started out awful, on a planet of defectives and just got worse as it went along.

Complete with memorable dialog such as "What does God want with a starship?"

Nah. Much like The Motion Picture, it's got a very cool idea marred by questionable execution. We can forget the campfire sequences though. The only upside to those moments is the chemistry, forged over many years, between the leads.

Everyone had been on Vulcan for several months and Saavik only then had the opportunity to tell Kirk that David died bravely? ...

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Just speculating, but perhaps if James Doohan had not gained the extra hundred pounds, it may have been hours not months. I haven’t seen the scripts but, I remember the scene where he slaps his belly and says he will miss the Vulcan food - so it seems like the director was making some last-minute adjustments to account for Doohan’s size.

What happened there was that his longtime editor Sally Menke (who was a very tough lady) sadly passed away after a run in the Hollywood Hills. Her loss devastated Quentin and he's basically said he's put a lot of stuff -- like the 4-hour version of Kill Bill -- on the back burner. Menke was a huge, huge reason for Quentin's success for the first 10-15 years of his career.

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Still utterly shocking she didn't win the Oscar for editing Pulp Fiction.

Rocky III, IV and V seem to place during the same time period, with IV and V picking up where the previous films leave off. The only problem there is the character of Rocky Jr. and his seemingly miraculous growth spurts.

The 'Twilight' saga. My wife watched them on Netflix one after another last weekend. They look like they must have been made at the same time and just play like one long film. Note - I am note recommended them!

I don't think these 2 would work joined together.
There is 57 years difference between the escape pod at the end of the first and the pod at the beginning of the second.

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Sure they do.

At the end of Alien, Ripley's in hyper sleep in the escape pod. When Aliens begins, Ripley's STILL where we last left her - in hyper sleep. If you're watching the original cut, Ripley could have just as easily been picked up two weeks or two years after the events of Alien. The director's cut explains more of what's happened in the 57 years Ripley's been drifting in space - technological advances, her daughter's death - but Ripley's story essentially continues uninterrupted from the first movie.